East European countries have reported high prevalence of Arterial Hypertension (AHT). In order to investigate the data for Romania, we firstly performed a national survey-the Study for the Evaluation… (More)

Midkine is a recently identified new growth factor/cytokine with pleiotropic functions in the human organism. First discovered in the late eighties, midkines have now become the subject of numerous… (More)

AIMS
This study aimed to (i) employ our newly designed model, the hypertensive-hypercholesterolemic hamster (HH), in order to find out whether a correlation exists between circulating microparticles… (More)

Nebivolol is a highly selective beta(1)-adrenoceptor antagonist with vasodilator properties involving the vascular endothelium, but its effect on the smooth muscle cells (SMC) is still unclear. In… (More)

INTRODUCTION
Comparing results of representative surveys conducted in different East-European countries could contribute to a better understanding and management of cardiovascular risk factors,… (More)

BACKGROUND
Hypertension (HTN) is the most prevalent co-morbidity among atrial fibrillation (AF) patients; the relationship between the two is bidirectional, with an incremental effect on adverse… (More)

Nebivolol is known as a highly selective beta1-adrenoceptor antagonist. Based on the reported vasodilator effect of nebivolol, we examined the cellular mechanisms by which the drug induces renal… (More)